How to choose pliers: combination, side cutters and nippers
Pliers hold, bend or cut. A stripper does another job. This page is jaw type and length. Crimp and insulation: electrician tools. Screw heads: screwdriver.
| Type | When | Not |
|---|---|---|
| Combination ~165 mm | Hold and cut in one | 115 mm electronics nippers |
| Long rounded jaws | Tight housings, bending | Side cutters “because they are long too” |
| Nippers / side | Cut wire at the edge | Cobra pump pliers for pipe |
| Insulation stripper | Strip as the card says | Combination “will do” |
Pro'sKit PM-731 — pliers 120 mm, S45C, electronics. PM-737 — nippers 115 mm. 115 mm nippers are not 165 mm combination pliers.
PM-736 — long rounded jaws, 135 mm. 1PK-709DS — long rounded, 165 mm; card: hard steel Ø1.8 mm, mild Ø2.0 mm, copper Ø2.6 mm.
1PK-052DS — combination, 165 mm, 55 Cr-Ni; hard Ø2.0 mm, mild Ø3.0 mm, copper Ø3.2 mm. 1PK-067DS — cable pliers 168 mm. 1PK-067 — side cutting, 160 mm. Side cutters are not flat-jaw combination pliers.
Knipex 16 50 145 SB — ratchet cable stripper. Not combination pliers. Cobra pump pliers belong in plumbing tools, not this 120 mm electronics row. Pliers.
Sources: lengths and cutting Ø from the cited cards (19.10.2026.).
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